Jed's 49 3100

[jed971959]

Hi everyone
Started my build a couple of years back
it's a 1949 5 window chevy p /u with 60 years of rust
pic from ebay
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got it from texas and had it shipped up to port huron
put it in storage there and waited to get my passport
a few weeks later we went down and picked it up
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the fun starts
the first thing that didnt look good

then some more good finds frame has big bad holes
so was thinking what to do get a frame or do a s10 frame swap
well being cheap and having a 97 blazer with a rusted out body sitting
in my driveway you know where this is going

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here are the first 2 pic don't know what happened

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The blazer only sat in the driveway when the wife was not driving it but I was looking for a replacment. I work on the truck in the summer because of the small garage on the house 12X20
it's time to take a good look at it now
Find the common rust spots floors,inner&outer cowl,cab corners then
for the unexepted above corner windows,back of cab at belt line,inside panel around rear windows

started to take it apart

seen on a site about striping parts with a batt charger this is what I started with

here is the part after cleaning and a little wire brushing

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This is the stripping tank I ended up with after going a little bigger 4 or 5 times tank with front fender in it

after cleaning some parts it looks like this



Half the hood

I would leave the parts in the tank 1to7 days removing them to pressure wash
the converted rust off every couple of day. I think this help with the time it took to clean the parts
inner fender before pressure washing it

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inner fender after pressure wash and a little wire brishing



few parts hanging around drying

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a few more pic

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Can someone tell me why some times I post pic's other times a link to pic
what did I do wrong

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2nd try at posting pic
right side cowl and floor







took the truck to the car wash and spent $10 in the vac
trying to clean what the last renters left
this was after pluging up there 2 vac had to finish it at home

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belt line

drivers door post



my portable sandblasting booth

rented a 18 cfm gas compresser for the weekend to do the cab
rained allday sunday but got most of it done

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truck in my garage for the winter

got this stiff from home depot hope it help with the noise

new rear panel needs weld in yet

first coat of fiber glass

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trying for a better door gap

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removing the cab from old frame should have had truck in backwards
wouldn't have to go up over the engine





body work done over the winter forgot to take any pic

cab primed

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97 jimmy tear down







cab seating on jimmy frame maded my own mounts from
4X4X1/4 sq tubing with the jimmy frame mounts trimmed down
to fit on top so I didn't have to drill ony holes of the mounting
rubber

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think I my need a beer or read before I post
should have read like this
so i don't have to drill any holes for the mounting rubber bushing

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[tobins 52 gmc]

looking good

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getting it ready to paint the roof and rear cab

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put the flat bed on to get it on the road
will put the bed on when it done

rad and fan installed

rads a 1966 mustang 3row

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making end cap for steering shaft

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shafter from the 49 made to work on a 4 speed auto
gives the shifter a park have to pull handle backto get out of park

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used a 2 wire fan motor from 02 blazer
changed the wires - to power this will make the fan run the right way





making the wireing harness for under seat fuse box and relays

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[chev3600]

Gauges are looking nice. Is that a couple of aftermarket gauges fitted in the original housing?